Breeding Goldfish
The breeding season for the goldfish is in the late spring and early summer. In New Zealand goldfish will generally spawn anytime form early September through to late February. Usually goldfish are over 8 cm long before the sex is recognizable and they will breed. Males will get "nuptial tubercles" on their head, body, and fins when in breeding condition.
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Cupramine
An indepth article on Seachem Cupramine, a copper treatment for Oodinium, Cryptocaryon, Amyloodinium, Ichthyophthirius, and other external parasites in fish
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Guide to moving house with your fish tank
What is the best way to make a house move as easy and as safe for your fish as possible? Moving house can be a very stressful experience not only for us but for our fish as well. The following is a brief description which highlights the key areas to concentrate on when moving your aquarium and its inhabitants to their new home, in your new house. By following these recommendations you should be able to successfully establish a healthy aquarium including a fully functional mature filter in a relatively short period of time, safe in the knowledge that your fish will have undergone very little stress during this process.
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How to choose aquarium lighting
Aquarium lighting is a vitally important component of an aquarium display, without it the visual aspect of what may be quite a physically imposing piece of equipment remains dull and un-interesting. Lighting brings the display alive and allows us to delight in the reflected beauty of shimmering shoals and dramatic designs displayed by the myriad of fish varieties available to the home fish keeper. Lighting also plays an important role in ensuring plants are able to photosynthesize and in some aquariums such as the reef system, is essential to the survival of many types of invertebrate life forms.
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How to Hatch Brine Shrimp
Freshly hatched brine shrimp eggs are one of the best foods available for fish fry, reef tanks and small aquatic organisms because they provide proteins and fatty acids which accelerate growth and increase survival.
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Keeping Pond Water Clear
When fish and plants are added to a newly established pond, the environment is serene and natural looking and the water crystal clear. In time, however, the water can become cloudy and murky – so murky, in fact, you may have trouble seeing your fish.
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Malawi Cichlids
Malawian fish come from Lake Malawi in Africa. Malawi is one of the great rift lakes of Africa. Malawi was created by the continent of Africa pulling apart. It is one of the lakes in Africa that is known for its diverse cichlid population, and unique water chemistry. Most African cichlids in the hobby today come from Lake Malawi.
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Powerheads are better than Air Pumps
Recent advertising has claimed to demonstrate conclusively that "a power head doesnt make an undergravel filter work any better "[than an air pump]. This sweeping statement is substantiated by an "independent" study that implies the only factor in the effectiveness of an undergravel filters operation is the amount of water flowing through the riser stem.
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Tanganyikan Cichlids
Tanganyikan fish come from Lake Tanganyika in Africa. Tanganyika is one of the great rift lakes of Africa. Tanganyika was created by the continent of Africa pulling apart. It is one of the lakes in Africa that is known for it’s diverse cichlid population, and unique water chemistry.
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The World of Eheim
The all NEW Professionel II 2026, 2028, 2126 and 2128 are breaking new ground with features such as the one-motion "Push to Prime" pump head, maintenance indicator and auto-valve release system.Thermo version comes with an electronic thermostat and a built in heating element for simultaneous filtration and temperature control.
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Washing Aquarium Substrates
A common complaint of many substrates is that they tend to cloud up water when first setting up a tank. This clouding can be mitigated by filling the tank slowly or adding water over a dish so it does not stir the gravel., If it is important that clouding be completely illiminated, you might want to try one of these methods...
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Water Gardens
When autumn arrives, there is a whole range of jobs which need to be done in the garden, and it is all too easy to forget the pond. Yet if you don´t take a few essential precautions now, you may loose most of your fish and some of your plants as well.
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What is Competitive Exclusion
The concept of reducing pathogens in a natural way is not particularly new, but the ability to perform the task has only recently been possible. The natural way to reduce pathogens is to "competitively exclude" them from the vital elements they require to grow and multiply. This requires a vibrant community of non-pathogenic bacteria that are utilizing the elements and better able to compete for them than the pathogens.
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